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REIKEVIG. 
experienced here; for the sun, in this part of 
Iceland, is never altogether above the horizon at 
midnight, nor, if it had been so, would it have 
had that effect this summer, there being no one 
period, that I recollect, during the continuance 
of the longest days, when the horizon in the 
north was perfectly free from clouds. At such 
times as the sky is not altogether overcast, the 
light at midnight, at this season, is about as 
great as that of a moderately dull noon in win¬ 
ter in England. In a walk of a few miles to the 
south of the town this evening, I met with Rubus 
saxatilis (sparingly in flower), Poly podium arvo- 
nicum , plentiful, Trichostomum eUipticum , and 
HypnumJilamentosum , growing among the rocks. 
In bogs I found two new species of Car ex, and 
Meesia dealbata, with fully formed capsules. 
This evening Mr. Jorgensen took possession of 
the governor’s house, and removed his residence 
thither; but I do not recollect, exactly, whether 
it was from this period, or, as I rather think, 
shortly after, that he was considered as governor 
of Iceland. 
(< rizontales dispergens vix pileo ab oculis abigi potest; 
“ umbra? dein herbarum extenduntur in infinitum et impli- 
“ cantur inter se, tremunt deinde spirante aquilone, ut vix 
y videre et distinguere queamus objecta diversissima.”— 
Linncei FI. Lapp. edit. 2da. p. 137* 
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